That’s all folks. Everything shared prior to this post is now considered archive.

There is a connection! The movie is not what inspired me to create Whitney & Clementine, that would be these photos:

However, I will say that studying concept art from Brother Bear was a key part of developing how I wanted to draw my characters! So the artistic influence is there. These are images I used back in 2018 to teach myself how to draw bears:

I learned a lot about stylizing animals from Aaron Blaise.

He is known primarily as a cartoonist and animator but what influences me the most are his wildlife paintings:

Of course, it's been a while so let me rehash some information about them:

-They are sisters! At the start of Salmon Road, Whitney is around 28 yrs old and Clementine is 10 yrs old. Their age gap is bigger so people tend to mistaken Clementine as Whitney's daughter.

-Whitney becomes Clementine's guardian, but that was not always the case. There was a sudden death in the family that left Clementine without anyone else to care for her. Whitney was the last remaining family member who was eligible (and willing), so, Clementine's move to Bluegill Springs and her entrance into Whitney's life again was unexpected.

I do have one of these by the way feel free to leave doodles/questions/comments etc. https://ursidanger.straw.page/